Harness-buckle.



W. R. SHEDRICK.

HARNESS BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30. 1913.

1 1 5 1 ,833 Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH 60.,WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNTTED %TATE% PATENT? WILLIAM 'ROY SHEDRICK, 0F DOUGLAS, OKLAHOMA.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

Application filed December 30, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Ror SHED; RICK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Douglas, in the county of Garfield and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improvement in buckles employed in connection with harness, and the object of my invention is to provide a buckle including a sheet metal housing having a protected tongue, the buckle being of simple and inexpensive nature and of durable construction, and is capable of convenient and accurate adjustment in position at the end of a strap, to removably hold the remaining end of the strap, or receive the apertured end of a second strap.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out in the appended claim, it being further understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claim with out departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views Figure 1, shows a top view of a buckle constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2, shows a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3, is a section on line 3, 3 of Fig. 1.

In my present invention I provide a harness buckle so constructed, that a fly net can be thrown over the same without any danger of the netting catching in the buckle. Further the buckle construction is such that the hair of the horses tail can not be caught in the same, as is the case with buckles of conventional construction.

In carrying out the aim of my invention, I employ a rectangular sheet blank, with its longitudinal edges bent, to form an open ended housing, including the bottom 1, top

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

Serial No. 809,576.

2, and sides 3, 3. The longitudinal edges -31: and 5 of the blank are bent over connecting, the metal near the seam upon one side then being doubled, as shown at 6 and 7, and lapped and folded upon the top 2, of the housing. The top portion 7, of the overlapped member is provided with an incision 8, near one end, while an opening 9 is provided which extends through the top 2 and the metal portions 7 and 6, as v shown in Fig. 2. At the end opposite the incision 8, the bottom is provided with a recurved sleeve 10, arranged to receive the buckle loop 11.

The tongue of the buckle is in the form of a spring wire stem 12, which has one end 13, bent at right angles, while the opposite end is flattened, as shown in 1%, in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and recurved as at 15. As shown the stem extends through the incision 8, passing between the metal portions 7 and 6, while the recurved portion 15, clasps the edge of the section 6, the flattened end being held between the top 2, and the housing portion 6. The metal. portions 6, and 7,are grooved to accommodate the wire tongue, as will be understood in referring to the drawings. The spring tongue stem 12, extends oblique to the top portion 7, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the operator can grasp the same and raise the end 13, to permit the securing of the strap end within the buckle housing. These buckle housings being made of sheet metal are extremely light, can be embellished and made to serve as an ornament to the harness. The members 6 and 7 are securely compressed so as to firmly hold the recurved end of the spring tongue to the housing.

The buckles may be made in various sizes, are simple and inexpensive in construction and both durable and eflicient in operation, and may be operated with ease, accuracy and dispatch.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

An open ended sheet metal housing having a folded and lapped seam upon its top, openings extending through said seam and top, and ahook having one end bent and removably held Within said openings, the In testimony whereof I afiix my signaother end of said hook being recurved and ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

flattened and extending through an inci- WILLIAM ROY SHEDRICK. sion located Within said seam, the recurved Witnesses:

5 end of said hook being held between said RUTH S. BRENT,

seam and the top of said housing. JOELA SHARP.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

